Can I be on your Christmas list? hee-hee
Dressing up canning jars is real easy.
You can, if you want, buy the decorator lids and rings; everything from gingham to fruit and veggie motiffs.
Less expensive is to use up fabric scraps. Cut about a 6" square or circle. Using pinking shears makes a nicer edge. Remove the ring, center the fabric on the jar, and return the ring. Voila!
Even if you have to buy fabric you can get all sorts of appropriate patterns for very little money. A couple of bucks a yard. And you can cover an awful lot of jars with a yard of fabric.
Now is the time, too, to start haunting the thrift shops and garage sales for baskets. Spending 25 cents, or even half a buck now sure beats $5-6 later on. And nothing says "lovin'" around the holidays than a basked filled with home-canned goodies and a mini-loaf of bread.
You can, if you want, buy the decorator lids and rings; everything from gingham to fruit and veggie motiffs.
Less expensive is to use up fabric scraps. Cut about a 6" square or circle. Using pinking shears makes a nicer edge. Remove the ring, center the fabric on the jar, and return the ring. Voila!
Even if you have to buy fabric you can get all sorts of appropriate patterns for very little money. A couple of bucks a yard. And you can cover an awful lot of jars with a yard of fabric.
Now is the time, too, to start haunting the thrift shops and garage sales for baskets. Spending 25 cents, or even half a buck now sure beats $5-6 later on. And nothing says "lovin'" around the holidays than a basked filled with home-canned goodies and a mini-loaf of bread.
Alright, janie... your jars of yumminess tied w/ the plaid ribbon reminds me of a rather risque joke... I hope it doesn't offend anyone- here it is!
A couple has a dog who snores. Really snores LOUD.
Annoyed because she can't sleep, the wife goes to the vet to see if
he can help.
The vet tells the woman to tie a ribbon around the dog's privates and he
will stop snoring.
'Yeah right!' she says.
A few minutes after going to bed, the dog begins snoring, as usual.
The wife tosses and turns, unable to sleep.
Muttering to herself, she goes to the closet and grabs a piece of red
ribbon and ties it carefully around the dog's privates.
Sure enough, the dog stops snoring!
The woman is amazed!
Later that night, her husband returns home drunk from being out drinking
with his buddies.
He climbs into bed, falls asleep and begins snoring loudly.
The woman thinks maybe the ribbon might work on him.
So she goes to the closet again, grabs a piece of blue ribbon and ties it
around her husband's jewels.
Amazingly, it also works on him.
The woman sleeps soundly.
He wakes from his drunken stupor and stumbles into the bathroom.
As he stands in front of the toilet, he glances in the mirror and sees a
blue ribbon attached to his privates.
He is very confused and as he walks back into the bedroom, he sees the red
ribbon attached to his dog's testicles.
He shakes his head and looks at the dog and whispers, 'I don't know where
we were, or, what we did, - but, by God, we took first and second place!'
A couple has a dog who snores. Really snores LOUD.
Annoyed because she can't sleep, the wife goes to the vet to see if
he can help.
The vet tells the woman to tie a ribbon around the dog's privates and he
will stop snoring.
'Yeah right!' she says.
A few minutes after going to bed, the dog begins snoring, as usual.
The wife tosses and turns, unable to sleep.
Muttering to herself, she goes to the closet and grabs a piece of red
ribbon and ties it carefully around the dog's privates.
Sure enough, the dog stops snoring!
The woman is amazed!
Later that night, her husband returns home drunk from being out drinking
with his buddies.
He climbs into bed, falls asleep and begins snoring loudly.
The woman thinks maybe the ribbon might work on him.
So she goes to the closet again, grabs a piece of blue ribbon and ties it
around her husband's jewels.
Amazingly, it also works on him.
The woman sleeps soundly.
He wakes from his drunken stupor and stumbles into the bathroom.
As he stands in front of the toilet, he glances in the mirror and sees a
blue ribbon attached to his privates.
He is very confused and as he walks back into the bedroom, he sees the red
ribbon attached to his dog's testicles.
He shakes his head and looks at the dog and whispers, 'I don't know where
we were, or, what we did, - but, by God, we took first and second place!'
KYHeirloomer wrote:Dressing up canning jars is real easy.
You can, if you want, buy the decorator lids and rings; everything from gingham to fruit and veggie motiffs.
Less expensive is to use up fabric scraps. Cut about a 6" square or circle. Using pinking shears makes a nicer edge. Remove the ring, center the fabric on the jar, and return the ring. Voila!
Even if you have to buy fabric you can get all sorts of appropriate patterns for very little money. A couple of bucks a yard. And you can cover an awful lot of jars with a yard of fabric.
Now is the time, too, to start haunting the thrift shops and garage sales for baskets. Spending 25 cents, or even half a buck now sure beats $5-6 later on. And nothing says "lovin'" around the holidays than a basked filled with home-canned goodies and a mini-loaf of bread.
You can, if you want, buy the decorator lids and rings; everything from gingham to fruit and veggie motiffs.
Less expensive is to use up fabric scraps. Cut about a 6" square or circle. Using pinking shears makes a nicer edge. Remove the ring, center the fabric on the jar, and return the ring. Voila!
Even if you have to buy fabric you can get all sorts of appropriate patterns for very little money. A couple of bucks a yard. And you can cover an awful lot of jars with a yard of fabric.
Now is the time, too, to start haunting the thrift shops and garage sales for baskets. Spending 25 cents, or even half a buck now sure beats $5-6 later on. And nothing says "lovin'" around the holidays than a basked filled with home-canned goodies and a mini-loaf of bread.
Brook those are wonderful ideas!
I will def get some fabric and start looking for baskets.
I just took the last bunch out of the canner and I hear them popping away in there.